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MEASURE- APPLICATION FILED APR. 8. i916.

Patented May 15, 1917.

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WILLIAM EHRLICH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A-SSIGNOR TO CASE & MARTIN 00., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MEASURE.

Application filed April 8, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM EHRLIOH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook. and State of Illinois. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in measures and has for its object the provision of an improved measure especially adapted for ladling out the contents of pies of varying capacities.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view, shown partially in section of a dipper or ladle embodying my invention,

Fig. 2, a side View of the same shown partially in section,

Fig. 3. a top plan view of a modified form of construction, and

Fig. 4, a side view, shown partially in section, of said modified construction.

The form of construction illustrated. in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a bowl 5 in the form of an ordinary dipper bowl being upwardly flaring in form and having a substantially cylindrical shoulder 6 formed around the upper edge thereof. The outer surface of Shoulder 6 is provided with a thread 7 eX- tending upwardly from the bottom thereof to a position slightly below the top thereof and a stop flange or shoulder 8 is formed around the upper edge of shoulder 6. An extension is arranged about the shoulder 6, said extension being in the form of a split ring 9 having a single thread 10 around its lower portion engaging the thread 7 on shoulder 6. The ring 9 is provided with a laterally and upwardly extending externally threaded nipple 11 and said nipple and ring are provided. with a split 12 so as to form said ring into a clamp. The nipple ll'is also provided with a conical base 13 and a hollow handle member 1a is threaded on said nipple.

The arrangements are such that by unscrewing the handle member 14 the ring 9 will be permitted to expand and thus release itself from engagement with the bowl 5 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Serial No. 89,847.

sufliciently to permit of turning the said bowl in the ring 9 to vary the capacity of the dipper. lVhen the proper adjustment has been efleeted handle member 14 is turned to cause the end thereof to contact with the conical base 13 of nipple 11 and contract ring 9 to effect a frictional grip on the dipper 5 and thus lock the parts in adjusted posi tions. The binding contact between the hanclle member 14: and the conical base 13 also serves as a means for locking the parts in adjusted positions. By this arrangement it will be observed that the capacity of the dip per may be readily adjusted within certain limits to suit the varying capacities of pies thus adapting the same to serve as a con venient means for measuring the contents of pies or the like and insuring uniformity.

The modified form of construction illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4c is identical with that already described except that instead of using the threads 7 and 10, helical grooves 15 are formed in the shoulder 6 and pins 16 are secured in ring 9 to engage said grooves. This construction has the effect of a very steep threaded connection between the bowl 5 and the ring 9 thus permitting of more rapid adjustments. Otherwise the construction and operation is identical with the one already described.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred forms of construction for carrying my invention into effect, these are capable of variation and modification withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A measure comprising a bowl; an extension for said bowl in the form of a split ring embracing the same; and means for contracting said ring, substantially as described.

2. A measure comprising a bowl; an eX- tension for said bowl in the form of a split ring and embracing and threaded to the same; and means for contracting said ring, substantially as described.

3. A measure comprising a bowl; an exvided with a conical base; and a handle member threaded on said nipple, substantially as described.

5. A member comprising a bowl; an extension embracing and threaded to the same, the thread on said bowl terminating below the top thereof and said bowl being provided with a stop flange adjacent its top, and the thread on said extension consisting of substantial single turn arranged immediately adjacent the bottom thereof; an externally threaded handle nipple at one side of said extension said nipple and ring being split, and said nipple being provided with a conical base; and a handle member threaded on said nipple, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM EHR'LICH.

WVitnesses:

Josnua R. H, Po'r'rs, HELEN F. LILLIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

